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Um, Does anyone know if Kingston SSDNow KC300 has any? Because Limestone Network are currently using them.

I have always wondered why Hosting companies aren't choosing Intel DC Series at all. As far as i know, one of the few hosting company using it are Hivelocity.

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It's probably more economical for hosting companies to use lots of cheap drives in a RAID configuration. For my own desktop PC, I'd rather use a single SSD with a good reputation for reliability, together with frequent backups.

Of course, a RAID is only useful when the failure is drastic enough for the controller to notice it, which some of these power-down failures may not be.